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Craft beer trail to showcase Kalamazoo area's offerings

Published 1:02 p.m. CT May 18, 2015

Despite the rainy weather, more than 15 bicyclists from Portage and Kalamazoo assemble in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Saturday, May 9, 2015 to participate in a Kalamazoo Bike Week event with a 7.5 mile bike ride through the two cities. (Ryan Shek/Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive Media Group via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT(Photo: AP)

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Craft beer lovers are getting a new way to check out the Kalamazoo area's offerings.

The Kalamazoo Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1ESKAi7 ) the "Give a Craft" beer trail launches May 28. Designed by Discover Kalamazoo to promote the area's breweries, participants can get a beer trail "passport" stamped at 11 breweries in Kalamazoo County.

A completed passport may be brought to Discover Kalamazoo's offices for a beer bottle opener. Those who stop at Bell's Brewery can get a pair of Bell's sunglasses.

"Give a Craft" passports are available at participating breweries, Discover Kalamazoo and the information desk at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport.

There's no purchase necessary to collect stamps at any brewery. The trail was designed after other similar beer trails elsewhere in the U.S.

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